Copy-the-majority of instances or individuals? Two approaches to the majority and their consequences for conformist decision-making

Thomas J. H. Morgan; Alberto Acerbi; Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210748

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Copy-the-majority of instances or individuals? Two approaches to the majority and their consequences for conformist decision-making

Thomas J. H. Morgan ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Thomas.j.h.morgan@asu.edu

Affiliations School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2848-8461

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Alberto Acerbi,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of St Andrews, Westburn Lane, St Andrews, Scotland, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Wundtlaan 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Copy-the-majority of instances or individuals? Two approaches to the majority and their consequences for conformist decision-making

Thomas J. H. Morgan,
Alberto Acerbi,
Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen

Published: January 25, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210748

About the Authors

Thomas J. H. Morgan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Thomas.j.h.morgan@asu.edu

Affiliations School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2848-8461

Alberto Acerbi

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of St Andrews, Westburn Lane, St Andrews, Scotland, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Wundtlaan 1, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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